The time has come for England to get their 2014 World Cup campaign underway and they've been inundated with good luck messages ahead of kick-off against Italy in Manaus.

Three Lions supporters have been congregating in the tropical city throughout the day and there have been messages of encouragement from fellow professionals, both from back home and rival World Cup camps across Brazil.

Attentions were drawn away from the Amazon every so slightly though, as the world watched Gerrard & Co's Group D rivals Uruguay suffer a shock defeat at the hands of Costa Rica, largely in part to a virtuoso display from Arsenal's Joel Campbell.

Elsewhere, Robin Van Persie has popped up to reflect on a memorable night for him and the Netherlands will continuing to rub salt into Spanish wounds, while Colombia players took to social media after getting their tournament off to a flying start with a 3-0 thumping of Greece.